but better than both is he who has not yet been, and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.
who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they find the grave?
I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
And alas for those who are with child and for those who give suck in those days!
For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never gave suck!’